New settings option: default Plex On Deck TV Shows

resources/language/English/strings.xml

@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@
     <string id="39055">Searching for Plex Server</string>
     <string id="39056">Used by Sync and when attempting to Direct Play</string>
     <string id="39057">Customize Paths</string>
+    <string id="39058">Extend Plex TV Series "On Deck" view to all shows</string>
 
     <!-- Plex Entrypoint.py -->
     <string id="39200">Log-out Plex Home User </string>

resources/language/German/strings.xml

@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@
     <string id="39055">Suche Plex Server</string>
     <string id="39056">Verwendet für Synchronisierung sowie beim Versuch, Direct Play zu nutzen</string>
     <string id="39057">Pfade ändern</string>
+    <string id="39058">Standard Plex Ansicht "Aktuell" auf alle TV Shows erweitern</string>
 
 
 

resources/lib/downloadutils.py

@@ -322,10 +322,14 @@ class DownloadUtils():
         # And now deal with the consequences of the exceptions
         if authenticate is True:
             # Make the addon aware of status
-            window('countError',
+            try:
-                   value=str(int(window('countError')) + 1))
+                window('countError',
-            if int(window('countError')) >= self.connectionAttempts:
+                       value=str(int(window('countError')) + 1))
-                self.logMsg('Failed to connect to %s too many times. Declare '
+                if int(window('countError')) >= self.connectionAttempts:
-                            'PMS dead' % url, -1)
+                    self.logMsg('Failed to connect to %s too many times. '
-                window('emby_online', value="false")
+                                'Declare PMS dead' % url, -1)
-        return False
+                    window('emby_online', value="false")
+            except:
+                # 'countError' not yet set
+                pass
+        return None

resources/lib/entrypoint.py

@@ -1481,9 +1481,48 @@ def getOnDeck(viewid, mediatype, tagname, limit):
         tagname:            Name of the Plex library, e.g. "My Movies"
         limit:              Max. number of items to retrieve, e.g. 50
     """
+    xbmcplugin.setContent(int(sys.argv[1]), 'episodes')
+    if utils.settings('OnDeckTVextended') == 'false':
+        # Chances are that this view is used on Kodi startup
+        # Wait till we've connected to a PMS. At most 30s
+        counter = 0
+        while utils.window('plex_authenticated') != 'true':
+            counter += 1
+            if counter >= 300:
+                break
+            xbmc.sleep(100)
+        xml = downloadutils.DownloadUtils().downloadUrl(
+            '{server}/library/sections/%s/onDeck' % viewid)
+        if xml in (None, 401):
+            return xbmcplugin.endOfDirectory(int(sys.argv[1]))
+        url = "plugin://plugin.video.plexkodiconnect.tvshows/"
+        params = {
+            'mode': "play"
+        }
+        with embydb.GetEmbyDB() as emby_db:
+            for item in xml:
+                API = PlexAPI.API(item)
+                listitem = API.CreateListItemFromPlexItem()
+                API.AddStreamInfo(listitem)
+                pbutils.PlaybackUtils(item).setArtwork(listitem)
+                plexID = API.getRatingKey()
+                try:
+                    dbid = emby_db.getItem_byId(plexID)[0]
+                except TypeError:
+                    dbid = None
+                params['id'] = plexID
+                params['dbid'] = dbid
+                xbmcplugin.addDirectoryItem(
+                    handle=int(sys.argv[1]),
+                    url="%s?%s" % (url, urllib.urlencode(params)),
+                    listitem=listitem)
+        return xbmcplugin.endOfDirectory(
+            handle=int(sys.argv[1]),
+            cacheToDisc=True if utils.settings('enableTextureCache') == 'true'
+            else False)
+
     # if the addon is called with nextup parameter,
     # we return the nextepisodes list of the given tagname
-    xbmcplugin.setContent(int(sys.argv[1]), 'episodes')
     # First we get a list of all the TV shows - filtered by tag
     query = {
         'jsonrpc': "2.0",

resources/settings.xml

@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@
 	<category label="39045"><!-- Appearance Tweaks -->
 		<setting id="connectMsg" type="bool" label="30249" default="true" />
 		<setting type="lsep" label="39046" />
+		<setting id="OnDeckTVextended" type="bool" label="39058" default="true" /><!-- Extend Plex TV Series "On Deck" view to all shows -->
 		<setting id="OnDeckTvAppendShow" type="bool" label="39047" default="false" /><!--On Deck view: Append show title to episode-->
 		<setting id="OnDeckTvAppendSeason" type="bool" label="39048" default="false" /><!--On Deck view: Append season number to episode-->
 	</category>